foofighter20x
10-25-2007, 02:45 PM
James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights (http://www.amazon.com/Madison-Struggle-Pivotal-Moments-American/dp/0195181050):
With the carnage of the war [American Revolution] fresh in their minds, many had visions of a despotic central government emasculating the states and amassing so much power that people would live not as free citizens of a new, enlightened country but once again as subjects of a constitutional monarchy and without the ability to reform or overthrow the government.
Sound familiar, anyone?
With the carnage of the war [American Revolution] fresh in their minds, many had visions of a despotic central government emasculating the states and amassing so much power that people would live not as free citizens of a new, enlightened country but once again as subjects of a constitutional monarchy and without the ability to reform or overthrow the government.
Sound familiar, anyone?